S-DUCT
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I've already told you. F-35 has S-ducts, but it can't supercruise.
You need a long airplane, where the S-duct shifts gradually to permit supercruise.
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No ,you only need a low drag design queen with very high dry thrust in order to achieve supercruise.Due to TWR(dry) F-35 is unable to supercruise and length of intake does'nt matter.
1.First of all Rafale can supercruise.If 15.7m long F-35 can have S-duct intakes then why can't 16-17m long AMCA?.There are two different concepts.
1. Can you build a S-duct? Firstly, a plane as long as the French Rafale can only manage a partial S-duct. It is worth remembering that the Rafale can't supercruise. Secondly, the F-35 has S-ducts, but it also can't supercruise.
Thus, you need a plane longer than a French Rafale or at least as long as a F-35 to supercruise. You're looking at 16 meters minimum length.
2. Now, you need to build a gradual S-duct that allows supercruise. The F-22 shows that you probably need a minimum of 19 meters in length to have a S-duct that permits supercruise.
Do you understand now?
2.Lenth of intake does'nt matter.What you need is a very high dry thrust engine.If PW-119 is replace by AL-31fn then F-22 will lose supercruise capability.